Hame-fastener



(No- Model.)

W. S. SHERMAN.

HAMB FASTENER. No. 406,541

.Patented July 9, 1889.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS S. SHERMAN, OF MARINETTE, WISCONSIN.

HAM E-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,541, dated July 9, 1889.

Application filed May 3, 1888. Serial No. 272,686. (No ,model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIs S. SHERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marinette, in the county of Marinette, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in flame-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to hame-fasteners of that class wherein a strap and buckle are employed, and among the main objects in view are to provide additional means for quickly and more eifectually tightening the hame upon the collar, and also divide the strain upon the strap, so as to prevent the tearing out of the buckle-holes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hame-strap provided with my improvement and shown in .position as connecting the two lower ends of a pair of hames, the strap being shown in an unlocked position. Fig.2 is a similar view, the strap being in a partly unlocked position. Fig. 3 is also a similar View, the strap being in a locked position. Fig. 4 is a plan. Fig. 5 is a modification, hereinafter referred to; and Fig. 6 is a View of the locking-buckle.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 represent the lower ends of a pair of hames, to which are secured in the usual manner the hame-rings 3 and 4.

'5 represents the hame-strap, which is passed through the hame-rings 3 and 4 in the usual manner, and is formed with a loop at one end, to which is connected an ordinary buckle 6.

As thus far described, it will be seen that by drawing upon the free end of the strap 5 the two hames are drawn toward each other and secured in that position by means of the buckle 6, the tongue of which takes into one of the perforations 7, formed in said strap, all in the usual manner.

8 represents a lever-buckle, which consists of the two parallel sides 9, connected at their ends by the cross-bars 10 and 11, the latter being provided with a stud 12, which takes termediate the two end cross-bars l0 and 11 are formed cross-bars 14 and 15, the former being provided with a tongue 16 and the latter being preferably plain. This lever-buckle is mounted in position by means of the stud 12, taking in the aperture 13 of the strap, after which the strap is passed over and around the cross-bar 15, formed intermediate the end bars 10 and 11 of the buckle, and thence over and through the ring 4, and from thence over the ring 3 to the buckle 6, and its free end is passed over the front cross-bar 10, and thus through the buckle S.

It has been found that in the usual construction it is almost impossible, without a great amount of undue exertion, to secure the hames sufficiently tight upon the collar, and also that by reason of the great strain upon the single point of the strap 5namely,

where it connects with the buckle 6the holes of said strap soon wear out, and render it unfit for use. By my invention, taking the parts as shown in Fig. 1, the strap 5 is first tightened to a reasonable degree by means of the buckle 6, this being accomplished by grasping the strap intermediate the points where it passes through the said buckle and the buckle 8. After the strap has been thus tightened by drawing upon the free end thereof, the buckle 8, which I term a leverbuckle, is caused to swing down and in an opposite direction and assume the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, when the tongue 16 thereof is inserted in one of the'adjacent apertures 7 of the strap. In this swinging movement the bar 11 acts as a pivot, and the strap 5, between the points where the lug 13 thereof enters and the ring 4., is bent upon itself by means of the crossbar 15, round which the strap passes, and thus about double the length of strap between the bar 15 and 11 is taken up, and the hames are drawn tightly upon thecollar, and the strain usually devolving upon the buckle 6 is divided and devolves partly upon the buckle 8, whereby the tendency of the buckle 6, of tearing out the holes 7 and destroying the efiicicncy of the strap, is greatly lessened.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified arrangein obviating the use of the auxiliary buckle 6, and connecting the looped end of the strap to the cross-bar 15 of the buckle 8, the remainder of the arrangement being the same.

The operation of the modification is substantially the same as before described, with the exception that the hand is used to tighten the strap in the first instance in lieu of the buckle 6, after which the strap is further tightened by the lever-buckle 8.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is 1. The combinatiomwith a pair of hames and a connecting hame strap, of the herein -,described buckle comprising longitudinal side bars and transverse end-connecting bars arranged in a common plane, one of which is provided with alug adapted to take into a perforation formed in the halne-strap and having intermediate transverse bars arranged in a different plane, one of which bars is embraced by the Strap and the other of which is provided with a tongue adapted to take into one of a series of perforations formed in the strap, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the hames 1 and 2, having the rings 3 and 4, the strap 5, having the perforations, and buckles 6, connecting the same, of the buckle 8, having the side bars 9 and cross-bars 10, 14, 15, and 11, the

- bar 14 being provided with a tongue and the 

